什么是total在输出ls -l？

    $ ls -l /etc
    total 3344
    -rw-r--r--   1 root root   15276 Oct  5  2004 a2ps.cfg
    -rw-r--r--   1 root root    2562 Oct  5  2004 a2ps-site.cfg
    drwxr-xr-x   4 root root    4096 Feb  2  2007 acpi
    -rw-r--r--   1 root root      48 Feb  8  2008 adjtime
    drwxr-xr-x   4 root root    4096 Feb  2  2007 alchemist